The Advocate - May 23, 2018

1. President's Message: A #metoo Moment for PPS
2. Leaders Needed: Run to Be a PAT Building Representative
3. Take Action Against School Gun Violence
4. Compensation Review: Deadline June 1st
5. Retroactive Credit for Master's Degree: Deadline June 1st
6. As Teacher Walkouts Spread, The Fight For Funding Comes to Oregon
7. National Board Certification Workshop: Thursday, May 31^st

The Advocate - May 9, 2018

1. President's Message: Showing Real Appreciation for Teachers
2. Educators Endorse Candidates for May Election
3. Responding to Your Evaluation Report
4. Compensation Review: Deadline June 1st
5. Retroactive Credit for Master's Degree: Deadline June 1st
6. Progress at the OEA Representative Assembly
7. Bargaining Chair Steve Lancaster Wins State Award
8. Chess for Success
9. Boycott Burgerville
10. Let's Engage!
11. Special Education Social: Thursday, May 17^th
12. PAT Substitute Workshop: Multnomah County Library, Monday, May 21^st
13. National Board Certification Workshop: Thursday, May 31^st

The Advocate - April 25, 2016

1. President's Message: Taking Action and Making Change
2. Educators Endorse Candidates for May Election
3. Compensation Review: Deadline June 1st
4. Retroactive Credit for Master's Degree: Deadline June 1st
5. Contract Educators' Performance Evaluation
6. Let's Engage!

The Advocate - April 11, 2018

• President's Message: What It Takes To Create Safe and Supportive Schools 
• Transfer Timeline: Important Deadlines
• Portland Educators Endorse Candidates for May Election
• PAT Supports the Oregon Labor Candidate School
• Educator Round Table with Jo Ann Hardesty
• National Board Certification Workshop: May 3rd
• "I'll Be There" With Portland Jobs With Justice
• Healthcare for All Oregon: Inner City Blues Festival

The Advocate, March 7, 2018

• President's Message: Preparing PPS for March 14^th
• My Kindergartners are Going to #Walkout* on March 14th (and I’m Going With Them)
• Portland Educators Endorse Candidates for May Election
• PAT Stands With West Virginia Teachers
• PAT Supports the Oregon Labor Candidate School
• Rosa Parks Year-Round Calendar Agreement Extended
• Tax Tip: Did You Know You Can Deduct Your Union Dues?
• Staffing and Transfer Timelines Extended
• Member Specials
• Let's Engage!
• Addressing Hate Speech in PPS
• Do You Have a Student Loan?
• Creating True Sanctuary in our Schools and Community
• March 24^th - "March for Our Lives" to End Gun Violence
• Lessons from the 2011 Wisconsin Uprising: A Jobs with Justice Panel
• Healthcare for All Oregon: Inner City Blues Festival

The Advocate - February 21, 2018

• President's Message: Thoughts And Prayers Are Not Enough
• PAT Election Results
• Portland Educators Endorse Candidates for May Election
• Performance Evaluations for Probationary Teachers
• Thinking About Taking a Leave? Don't Miss Key Dates!
• Retirement Seminar March 1^st
• Tax Tip: Did You Know You Can Deduct Your Union Dues?
• Disrupted Learning: OEA Needs Your Story
• Join the PAT Delegation at the OEA PAC Convention
• Let's Engage!
• Addressing Hate Speech in PPS
• Do You Have a Student Loan?
• A Cross-Border Social Justice Conference

The Advocate, February 7, 2018

• President's Message: A Reminder of What We're Fighting For
• Notice of Resignation or Retirement
• Heads Up -- Staffing for the 2018-2019 School Year to Start Soon
• Performance Evaluations for Probationary Teachers
• Correction on Retro Check Date!
• Correction: PERS Retroactive Contributions
• PAT PAC Endorsements for State Representative
• Reminder:  Cast your vote in the PAT Election
• Join the PAT Delegation at the OEA PAC Convention
• OEA Promising Practices Grant Winners
• Read Across America Grants Available Through PAT
• Let's Engage!
• Addressing Hate Speech in PPS
• Do You Have a Student Loan?
• "I Am 2018" Moment of Silence
• A Cross-Border Social Justice Conference: Reclaiming Common Ground

The Advocate - January 10, 2018

• President's Message: What Do We Stand For?
• Bargaining at a Crossroads
• Vote Yes on Measure 101
• Performance Evaluations for Probationary Teachers - Heads Up!
• Substitutes Win Again
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration – Monday January 15th
• Oregon Teacher of the Year Nominations
• Reminder:  Cast your vote in the PAT Election
• PAT PAC Endorsement Process
• Take the TELL Survey
• Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools, February 5-9, 2018
• Let's Engage!
• Member-to-Member Specials
• OEA Conflict Resolution Workshop
• Athletics Grants from OEA and California Casualty

The Advocate - December 6, 2017

• Addressing School Safety
• Ways to Support Pioneer
• Become a PAT Leader, Run for Office
• Next Week is Teacher for a Day
• Vote Yes on Measure 101!
• Help PAT Engage!
• Promoting Racial Equity in PPS
• Urban Educators from Around the Country Gather in Portland
• OEA Conflict Resolution Workshop, March 3, 2018
• Promising Practices Grants
• Athletic Grants from OEA and California Casualty
• Member-to-Member Specials

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The Advocate - November 1, 2017

• What it Will Take to Fix PPS
• PAT 2018 Election Materials
• Winning Health Insurance Improvements
• Help PAT Engage!
• Promoting Racial Equity in PPS
• PERS Bubble and Mid-Year Retirement
• New Memoranda of Agreement
• Host a Guest Teacher for a Day
• OEA Promising Practice Grants
• Athletic Grants from OEA and California Casualty
• Social Movement Unionism: Hope in Hard Times
• Member-to-Member Specials
• Donate to the Sick Leave Bank